#AE91C8#AE91C8

#AE91C8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.085 H 308.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE91C8
RGB	rgb(174, 145, 200)
HSL	hsl(272, 33%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(272, 28%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 27.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.50, 21.38, -24.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.50, 32.39, 311.30°)
OKLab	oklab(70.23% 0.0526 -0.0665)
OKLCH	oklch(70.23% 0.085 308.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.0044, 33.4199, 59.0810)
Luminance	0.3342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE91C8 #ABC891

analogous

#9291C8 #AE91C8 #C891C6

triadic

#AE91C8 #C8AE91 #91C8AE

tetradic

#AE91C8 #C89291 #ABC891 #91C6C8

square

#AE91C8 #C89291 #ABC891 #91C6C8

split-complementary

#AE91C8 #C6C891 #91C892

monochromatic

#714A94 #9068B4 #AE91C8 #CCBADC #EAE3F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#AE91C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#AE91C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE91C8

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE91C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE91C8	1.00	2.73	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#879BCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9DC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB98A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae91c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 145, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.085 308.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b1d8',
    500: '#ae91c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae91c8;
$custom-light: #c6b1d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae91c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.636,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70229,
    "c": 0.0848,
    "h": 308.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE91C8

secondary

#DAE3D2

accent

#AC3970

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F5FA

border

#D1CFD3

text

#131014

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE91C8

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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